I like the Nick dub so far. The voices sound fine except for Bloom's, who does sound too old. Tecna's voice sounded a bit weird to me since I'm used to her phony British accent from the 4Kids dub, but it certainly wasn't bad. The only thing I don't like is that the first two seasons are just going to be shown through specials. A few interesting plot points were ignored in this first special, such as Brandon switching identities with Skye. And the way they worked in the episode where they were forced to clean Alfea was kinda weird-originally it was a punishment, but now they just said that it was tradition for students to do a task without magic and the Winx just happened to be picked that day. Honestly, first timers are going to be missing out of a lot of stuff, but I guess Nick thought it would be cheaper to make specials rather than redub the first two seasons. Better yet, why didn't they use the Rai English dub? That would have saved them a lot of work...

Wait what? So they are squeezing the first two seasons into a few specials then going off in a new direction....that is odd. I thought things were moving fast when I was watching it over my younger sister's shoulder .

Were the clothes the way they were originally? Or was it changed just for this?

I remember seeing the first few episodes Winx club years and years ago, so when I watched this I was like "Wait, where did that come from?" Some of the things didn't make sense, like the part where one scene Bloom's dad didn't believe the fairy magic and then the next scene their house is partly blown up and Bloom is going to school. It took me a while to realize this was a speed up of the season. Personally, I think that's a bad move, but eh, we'll see, maybe it'll work out.

I just hated the 4kids dub for some reason. No offense to them, but it just seemed way too babyish for a show and they ruined Baltor and Chimera as well as a million other characters wasted in favor of lame plots. The Trix were pretty much useless after the third season, and we didn't even get to see the worlds of the other fairies. BLOOM KEPT WHINING LIKE A BITCH THE WHOLE SECOND SEASON AND HALF THE THIRD about her real parents—then blows her adoptive parents off like trash even though they saved her from a damn fire when she finally sees them in the 4kids dub, making Bloom sound like a total asshole. The only issue I can see are the witches' voices in comparison to Bloom's. They sound like teenagers... but I might as well like the Nick series better anyway.

Is it just because I saw the whole first season (well, it was the 4Kids version, but still), or did it seem like they were trying to cram way too much in a hour? It doesn't give any time for any characterization for the other members of the Winx Club, for example. If you went by these specials alone, you couldn't tell that Flora was a Shrinking Violet or that Musa was a bit of a tomboy. In the first special, we did get little inklings of their personalities (such as Stella being too lazy to help out with the cleaning and Tecna being utterly clueless as to how to use a mop and a bucket), but not enough to make them stand out, as they were "blink and you'll miss it" moments. Because of the time limit, they're merely Bloom's friends.

Which leads to another thing: The emotional impact of Bloom leaving Alfea in the second special was really dampened by rushing things. In the series, you were shown all the adventures Bloom had with the other girls and how her relationship with them developed, which gave you a reason to feel sad when she decided to leave. This all happens off-screen in the special, but without seeing it for yourself, it's hard to feel any emotional connection. To sum it up, the specials are telling instead of showing due to time, and they suffer from it.

Oh, what's with Bloom mentioning Charmix when she transforms? O_O Is that what the normal transformation is called now? What will happen when they summarize season 2? Are they just not going to bother? ...Well, since there are only going to be four specials, I guess the last one will be season 2, so I guess they're just going to scrap the original concept of Charmix.

One good thing though was that they actually mentioned that Daphne is Bloom's sister. I don't think 4Kids did that.

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